The Election Commission has frozen the All India Trinamool Congress name and the Flowers & Grass symbol due to a leadership dispute between Mamata Banerjee and Arup Roy. The Mamata faction has been assigned the Football Player symbol, while the Arup Roy faction will use the Envelope symbol.

Congress candidate Milan Pradhan arrested in Nandigram in old case day after Mamata Banerjee backed Congress for Oct 6 bypoll after Sanchita Pradhan Dey withdrew post meeting Suvendu Adhikari. Mamata says will never bow head after ECI froze TMC name and Flowers & Grass symbol.

Kalyan Bainsla and his cousin Lavneesh have been sent to 14-day judicial custody in the Gurugram Golf Course Road hit-and-run case, while victim Sia has demanded the harshest punishment for all four accused.